RS3 caught fire while driving ,diagnostic for 50£ reveals why it happened & how much the repair cost

[@rossn5186]

Put the car out with the rest of the "thinkers" 🤣😂

[@leetori1]

I LOL’d

[@onemaninaboat]

My wife has 2016 RS3 from new, so here's a bit of advice for anyone who wants to buy such a car: if something goes wrong but you have full Audi service history, even though the car is out of warranty, Audi will do huge discount on the cost of repair as long as you use them to do it. In her case the haldex clutch failed after 48k miles and it was replaced for ~50% of the cost. We had similar story with her previous car which was an Evo, timing chain needed replacement shortly after warranty ran out and it was heavily discounted by mitsubishi.

[@toastman6847]

Wont really apply to a lot of poeple though, majority of the owners will modify the car, and any modifications to the car, audi will refuse to give a discount. However it is good to always service it at a main dealer if you dont intend on mods.

[@janisberzins3939]

That is the '"goodwill" warranty that almost every car manufacturer has. Applied to out of warranty but still low mileage and full dealer service history cars. Of course the powertrain can't be modified in that case. Usually the parts are discounted almost 100% and owner has to pay for the labor only. Most of the time it ends up to be a 50/50 split of the total costs.

[@mobilrz]

Only trouble is you're paying main dealer rates, and they don't have half the knowledge of the guys here. You may get a master tech, but really they are taking a new engine straight of a pallete to fit.

[@AutosportMore]

​@@mobilrzexactly. 50k for a failing clutch and you are happy with 50%. I wouldn't be happy about it at all. the mechanics of the vag group just do whatever, they are a bunch of clowns

[@isaachunt5799]

just buy a toyota and avoid all this crap. only an utter moron buys this over engineered junk. ask scotty kilmer

[@robevans8625]

Engine knackered so owner thought a nice fire would pay out the insurance?

[@sugs1258]

Shoulda let it burn…😂😂

[@johngriffiths1480]

No, that's next week, now he knows he can't afford the repair.

[@isaachunt5799]

@@fringemajority8805 amazes me anyone buys any vag car. over engineered cack all of them

[@EastDallasKicks]

@@fringemajority8805Audi or the vw 2.5 for a good portion of it? 2.5 isn’t bad it’s the components Audi surrounds it with that might be. But the 2.5 its self is strong.

[@fringemajority8805]

@@EastDallasKicks true, but timing components on the rear of an engine should be banned...I sent a link of a video we made , we ran 2 vw's head to head at full throttle with no engine oil until the blew, 2.5 lasted 45 seconds longer than 2.0 kzbin.infoXnA8_QYyBsA?si=ehkOQCacNoTjvTme

[@shimon2476]

Driving a rs3 and running it down to the ground 😂😂😂 and not having the money to fix it correctly😂😂😂

[@German-Whip-V8]

Love this channel, every video is interesting no bulls..t

[@jackburtonstwin]

VCDS is a god send. My first purchase after picking up a V8 S5. Paid for itself the only time the car went into limp mode as I was able to diagnose a dead spark plug down to the exact cylinder and, with the aid of a complete set of new Audi plugs, fix the issue in a couple of hours. Super diagnostic tool for VW AUDI Group engines.

[@dubblesix66]

Great video again. £50 for your expertise is a bargain by the way.

[@ULTIMAT3skillzi]

Built a few of these now. Most common failure is stuck injector taking the piston out. All have been overbored and forged builds. I’ve built couple with engines already removed for not a horrendous price. If owner is on here and wants to sell it let me know 👍🏻

[@ahsan3369]

Will be on Facebook marketplace soon. Looks like the owners been doing the work himself on the budget.

[@samie1111]

It’s sold😂

[@AlistairOwensgooglePlus]

You guys are the best, so clever with these incredibly complex cars. I hope you got paid properly for the diagnostic work!

[@VAGTechnic]

50£ 😀

[@haggispakora8803]

Extremely cheap and reasonable! I would have been £50 for initially reading the codes, further charge for compression test and further charge for removing and re fitting the rocker cover. The equipment used is not cheap. Customer got a lot for £50. Well done

[@goingforspeed]

@@VAGTechnic Absolute bargain.

[@bat33.12]

@@VAGTechnic You were robbed, at gun point. Last Audi dealer I worked at, Sytners, was charging £180 per hour labour 4 years ago

[@chrism5433]

It seems the diagnostic charge was a little lean ?

[@noeltaylor278]

I was just cruising at 70 and it just set on fire more like he was ragging the hell out of it at over 130mph

[@timewa851]

70 or 140 these things tend to get taken off the road after seven years. Plastic junk, designed to fail. Audi.

[@tv321123]

So your excuse is the special performance 'RS' Audi, that cost 2X as much as the standard car. can't handle a Autobahn blast... What kind of BS is that? Paid 2X as much as the standard car, only to have to pussy foot it around so it dose not blow up. What a joke.

[@jal1797]

So there aren't made for sport use?what is the Rs edition then?😂😂😂

[@angeldqwerty]

I would say its improper care by the owner, it should be ok to "abuse" it all the time. My uncle still owns a 2006 s3 that has never, ever been driven "reasonably" and its in like new condition

[@Ben-in6qh]

Can't believe that massive splitter didn't fix the engine

[@danielv1279]

Oh man, hope there was someone like you here in Colombia, it's a headache having a Touareg 2020 with the EA839 turbo, which got an oil leak from the oil cooler at just 40.000km which will take more than a month to get fixed by the dealer. Can't be more dissapointed on seeing those nice cars being broken so easily costing a lot of money and time to get fixed.

[@stephenward8707]

Another great video , I have learnt so much from your expertise, shame about the car looks absolutely stunning ....

[@jambacardi2474]

Thew more I view these videos , the more its putting me off buying a RS

[@zayd55]

The morale of the story is, don't buy such a performance car thinking you can run it on a shoestring! Many owners make this mistake and end up paying out thousands in rebuilds and repair, solely due to a lack of proper servicing and maintenance, opting instead to using cheap parts, fluids and cowboy mechanics.

[@mattscars]

Great vid and fair play for £50 to diagnose an owner with champagne taste on a lemonade budget.

[@darrinscoilsclouds1498]

I had my 2015 a4 80,000 miles it was drinking oil 1 quart every tank of gas. The back bumper was black. And it started to rattle. So I took it to Audi of Fairfield CT and they said one of the spark plugs was broken. So they told me it needed an engine. They quoted me $12,000 for a new engine from Audi installed so I was shocked when you said €12,000 for a used engine.😮

[@lifeslooker]

u can't have a champagne car like this, high performance, and expect to run/ maintain it on beer money - it won't work. These cars need TLC and expert care. It's an RS...think about that and let it sink in...v high performance and you never have 2 different types of spark plug in the vehicle and different coil packs. Come on...seriously?

[@Takticals]

What a shame,such a beautiful car,big cost and the owner still needs his top coat of paint! 🤭

[@davidc4988]

Fantastic video again, very interesting. On one of your earlier videos, can’t remember exactly which one but it was another 5 cylinder engine, think you said the 5 cylinder was one of the strongest and problem free. What would be your thoughts on this one, in relation to its failure. Lack of proper and scheduled maintenance, or driven to hard? Thanks David Ps the owner got more than his £50 worth in your diagnosis and advice.

[@SiiliViin]

Every engine can fail, even good and strongest engines, some units sometimes fail. But high powered turbo engines, as example, at full boost you fuel supply suddenly cut, then pistons can melt. At full boost, some smaller issue can cause bigger problems, if you are cheap and use secand hand ignitin coils, some random spark plugs etc.

[@aidencoder]

This is clearly a case of a car being serviced on the cheap. Mismatched spark plugs and coils packs. I doubt it has had proper oil changes. I own an RS3. These cars are bullet proof and cheap to maintain with the correct maintenance. You can drive them as hard as you want, providing you service accordingly. Sadly, a lot of young posers buy these cars to look flash but don't have the means to look after them.

[@fredpo620]

This car is going outside with th rest of the thinkers hahahahahahaah 😂😂😂

[@boerieza]

This is hectic. I love the RS3 and want to switch my supercharged 3.0tfsi to an RS3 sedan, but seeing this....well...I'd like to know what caused this. I'm hoping this was owner-error and caused by cheap modifications which would negate my worries. Even the BEST cars don't survive BAD owners. Don't be cheap with expensive cars, kids. Those mismatched spark plugs and coilpacks tells me everything I need to know. It also doesn't add up to the "we replaced the pipe" story the owner spinned. I would ask for money UP FRONT before doing any work on cars with sus-owners like this. This reeks of cheap-owner-expensive-car. RIP RS3....you deserved better.

[@cal3286]

Surely owner error. You can tell it wasn't cared for at least for the last 20k miles. How has the 3.0tfsi been for you? I'm thinking about getting an S4 CREC b8.5

[@ALs_Autos]

Had an 8p rs3 got rid cos of prices for any parts, absolutely bonkers. Shit injectors/bad remap has defo killed this

[@RichLion]

Poor RS3, looks like it had had a rough life, and not maintained very well at all. Doing things on the cheap will always come back to get you down the road.

[@caneytt]

Yeah was thinking the same, that RS3 has not been well maintained

[@nandor690]

The phone ringing made me think, “Hello, this is a collect call from Mr floyd to Mrs. Floyd will you accept the charges from the United States 🤣🤣🤣

[@mediocreman2]

If you find a way to break an Audi I5, it's probably due to a poor tune, poor maintenance, or both.

[@abc-ni9uw]

Mr khan better get his parcels sold 😂

[@tonychavez2083]

He's good... initial guess was loss of compression on one or more cylinders....

[@jimmymcgoo8641]

From Birmingham? Bet its clocked (or mileage blocker) and crash damaged 😂

[@dommahon191]

Standard brummy Audi driver innit bruv

[@jimmymcgoo8641]

@@dommahon191 1 previous registered owner but "owned" by Mo and his 6 cousins and also been a "rental"

[@lordjop9684]

Where is your merchandise link ? I want to support the channel AND look good doing it !

[@VAGTechnic]

Always make the hoodies on demand

[@BocaAtractivo82]

Such pity to happen to an amazing vehicle. Never cheap out on Audi parts replacement nor mix & match part #. When replacing coils and spark plugs,replace them all at once to give the engine a full fresh ignition.

[@German-Whip-V8]

Driving around looking flash then bottled it as soon as he had to get his hand in his pocket, mixed spark plugs said it all 😂

[@onemaninaboat]

The accent says it all really

[@stobsie]

@@onemaninaboat Rubber dinghy rapids bro. 😂

[@flyingfox7252]

Even the coil packs are donor

[@dommahon191]

Looks like a brummy repair 😮

[@jaap1603]

It seems like It's a 8v prefacelift with facelift bumpers and facelift cockpit lol the engine in here is from a prefacelift rs3

[@markmawson1]

Champagne lifestyle, Lemonade money. Why don't people think about the costs of running a high performance car and any major repairs it might need in the future because think about it nobody drives an RS3 like an old lady going to her local shops once a week people buy them to rag around and show off in, going by his voice on the phone he's a young lad so he may have to pull his finger out and get a lot more Pablo powder sold 😂

[@lifeslooker]

what a shame - such a nice car and not looked after so that the owner can enjoy it to its full potential. If you're gonna get a car like this, need to ensure that you have the proper mechanic ( YOU Tomaz ) looking after it...there is no way I'd have a car like this and it not get looked at properly - I'm not saying to sell your soul to get it done, but have the cash to to the basics and then the other stuff will be easy as you're keeping on top of the maintenance schedule. My S4 ( 2014 B8 ) was looked after ny me during "lock down" - I'm not a mechanic, never worked on a car before...but youtube was a saviour and I managed to do an oil change, changed the sparks, internal air filter, oil filter, brakes, discs, air intake swap out, by myself getting some basic tools. Things like the drive shaft ( that went ), oil filter ( that went ) and other bits were done by this man in this video - he's a legend - his v direct, which I like, and if I'd not done the basics then my car wouldn't be still running after doing 106,000 miles!!!!

[@aidencoder]

Can i just put a DAZA in it? 🤣🤣 shouldve spent less on a front lip and more on correct maintenance. Id like to know the launch count from VCDS 😜

[@MFSE7EN]

The 50 pound diagnostic, there it is again 😂👍🏻

[@danieljadorie829]

Sad situation for a vehicle like this Never seen a white interior on one of these

[@statementleaver8095]

After watching this........I still haven't seen a White interior 😂😂😂 I suppose this is what happens when Sanjay relies on his Mother banging Her Flip flop as a Wakeup call 😂😂

[@stanbalfour3808]

Injector 2 is stuck open causing compression loss. Also execs fuel vapour in the pcv. Put new injectore and test

[@bonvoyage5377]

the piston is cracked, thats where the loss is, stuck injector or not

[@Mac_F87]

@@bonvoyage5377exactly, stuck injector has caused severe knock and cracked the piston. Wasn’t unheard of on the 8p RS3 when tuned with APR stage 2 software.

[@paulp96275]

When you don’t know what you’re doing leave it alone and get professional help nice car with an owner who doesn’t realise the cost of good maintenance 🙈👍

[@raycollington4310]

Good video. There seems to be a theme with these Audi engine problems that mostly involve a lot of work and money. Your initial conversation with an owner must difficult. I feel for you guys when you have wait for a decision. Most subscribers have clocked by now that these repairs can be deep water. Like the channel content. You also do a good public service opening the eyes of potential Audi performance car purchases. All good if you have the funds and know what you’re getting into.

[@Rol1Co]

Nobody is bringing a car to the shop running good, and if they do its for an oil service so the video would be a bit boring.

[@markbarry1977]

Someone’s knackerd the engine (low compression), tried to fix it why loads of cables unplugged, decided they can’t afford to repair it or can’t do it themselves and then decided to try and torch it for insurance purpose to get out of the cost of a repair.

[@mobilrz]

Intetesting ad if it goes on Facebook Marketplace. Non smoker? Interior looks absolutely goosed!

[@davelittlewood195]

Nice steam engine smoke signals from cylinder number 2!!!

[@Ben-in6qh]

Birmingstan

[@Phanbutan]

Rozmyslal som ci EN kanal je len predabovany ale pozeram, ze robis vstupy na 2x 🙂 Aspon tie, kde ta je vidno. Davam palec 👍

[@VAGTechnic]

Všetko je na 2 krát 😀 rýchlejšie ako potom rozprávať

[@jayrave4]

Fragile engines that need to be looked after correctly and WITHOUT skimping.

[@timessix8434]

50 quid for this job? Here in Sweden my Audi dealer charged me 175 quid and they didn’t even remove anything on the engine, just the covers underneath and then listened around….

[@thebrownthomascrown917]

Ya....when my Q3 dies that's it for me and Audi's...too much trouble

[@kevinmortimer1883]

sounds like a normal audi engine

[@peterbustin2683]

Car goes to the rest of the thinkers" Lol, I know that area only too well !

[@cockylokie7865]

Who ever owned this car, bought it and thought its an AUDI it can be thrashed and not serviced. I just don't get it when people don't look after something that so expensive. Id say more money than brains but lets be honest probably no money and no brains.

[@shimon2476]

Exactly

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

well it is an RS, it should be able to take the punishment. look at BMW turbos, from the 335 to the new b43 4 cylinder, you dont see them failing at 50k miles

[@cockylokie7865]

Indeed, don’t get me wrong. Push the car hard but follow it with maintenance. Dodgy spark plugs, random coil packs. Oil changes are cheap 🤣

[@shimon2476]

@@PatricioGarcia1973 name one BMW model that can take this level of neglect and still run.

[@MatthewConnor-u2z]

Pre-FL engine/car with FL lights, bumper and VC

[@speedshed]

The problems on these RS cars comes from owners skipping or doing “budget” servicing. You’ve got to look after these motors. These cars deserve proper maintenance.

[@isaachunt5799]

no. these cars are only built to last untill the warranty expires. over engineered shite all of them. buy a toyota and it'll run for 40 years.

[@nikolaosezikis7622]

I have owned several Audi eg RS5, R8, RS6 all I have sold and will be selling in future at around 75-85000km full dealer service etc. what I can tell you that the folks who buy these cars have no clue what they dealing with. They go for local service to some friend to do the stuff cheap. The lad who bought my RS5 eg. Did such a thing and they even put him none Audi approved oil as it was cheaper. Within 1 month he called me for help so I sent him to the dealer service which I was going (at another city as they are much better there) and finally he paid the price. What I mean is don’t buy a performance car if you are not ready to pay original parts to authorized service. The damage you ll do will cost in the end double if not a whole engine. In general if you can’t buy a car twice then its not for you

[@nikolaosezikis7622]

Guys just wanted to add something. All Audis I owned although being kept in garage they had issues with rust underneath mainly subframe. It was only surface but wasn’t looking good. Would be nice to make a video of how someone can treat the parts that usually get affected, what products and process can be followed etc

[@rampanttwattery4844]

As the saying goes, if you can’t afford to run one new, then you definitely can’t afford to run a second hand one. There isn’t a barge pole long enough with which not to touch this car.

[@lavina58]

Happy owner 😊

[@radekbank9718]

Ahoj kluci.Tak.jsem se podíval na video v angličtině a ve volné chvíli se podívám i ve vašem rodném jazyce.😁Super videa👍👍

[@EXOVCDS]

VCDS showed 7 faults. What were the other 6? A hole in the block between 1 & 2 would explain the compression leaking into cyl 2 from 1, no?

[@chrism5433]

Hi Tom Poor maintenance and over tuning.🍺

[@moochiezpitt]

Owner doesn't deserve that car. Abusive.

[@FastLifeVlog]

This is frankenstein, fl front and virtual cocpit from 2017 onwards and czgb engine from 2015-2016? Differend spark plugs and coil pack. Really bad mantained. All injectors should be checked and replaced. When injector stuck open it will wash not only the piston but also cylinder wall from the oil and will cause catastrophic failure. Btw only oem spark plugs and coil pack ared the best.

[@manxman8008]

Suggestion. Install a mezzanine floor to provide a ramp for all cars. You're welcome.

[@jamespn]

How can a car get trashed with less than 60k on the odometer.

[@JordzyBrev]

Vag cars For you, my uncles audi s5 dsg gear box failed on 50k miles 12k for a gear box

[@ahsan3369]

Probably got milage blocker fitted

[@The_Noticer.]

Shouldn't be that much oil coming from the PCV though, so it probably already had massive blowby...

[@jonbell2305]

Great video. Most people who have these lovely cars don't know what's just around the corner. Shame these engines are made of Cadbury's chocolate.

[@mediocreman2]

Not sure if you're joking, but these I5's are strong and can take tons of power, reliably. What happened here was a serious lack of proper maintenance, and most likely a cheap tune.

[@jonbell2305]

@@mediocreman2 Not sure if you've noticed over the last couple of years the amount of VW and Audi vehicles that have been laying in garages all over the world due to oil problems. They need oil changes every 6 thousand miles to stop the engine grinding themselves to bits. And now with the variable oil pressure engines to save on fuel emissions its even worse. Compared to the mercedes engines there pretty much on another page.

[@manteloV]

Iron block on facelift car? or retrofited facelift?

[@jackclark7624]

I was thinking the same very odd.... especially with all the random parts.... engine is in a state but outside it looks new and mint looks like somebody just polished a turd... probs spent all his money making it look like a face lift lol

[@Chilled_Mackers]

Gah, when your petrol engine sounds like a diesel /o\

[@mbrylewski]

omg! you get some really cockups from other workshops mistakes

[@fireitupf3548]

Am i the only one who is seeing a preface lift RS3 engine in this facelift??

[@aidencoder]

I don't think the old iron block engines went out until a bit after the face-lift when the daza came in.

[@ohZyki]

I also noticed this too. SO odd. Either it is a facelift rs3 and somehow had the engine replaced with the older CZGB engine but then the ecu wont work with it. So most likely it is a PFL rs3 with a facelift bumper conversion and retro fit virtual cockpit.

[@ohZyki]

@@aidencoder you are right, the czgb was still being used even on 2018-2019 audi RSQ3's whilst the rs3 from 2017+ was using the new engine DAZA (2017-2018) or DNWA (2019+). But all 2017+ RS3's had the DAZA engine and not the one in this video which means this is a 2015-2016 Pre facelift rs3 with the virtual cockpit and front bumper conversion from the facelift rs3.

[@johnshaw359]

For the loss of a nail in a horseshoe leads to the loss of a horse, which leads to the loss of the rider, which leads to the loss of the battle, which in turn leads to the loss of a whole kingdom. The person can't afford the car seems the biggest reason, as well as being an Audi.

[@mic437]

sweet

[@tonychavez2083]

such an awesome car to have such issues, what went wrong?

[@Rol1Co]

Nice vid again, i think your diagnostic price is cheap. Rocker cover off plus inspection camera use just 50 pound?

[@VAGTechnic]

Yes

[@Rol1Co]

@@VAGTechnic Please open a shop in holland 😉

[@kevinbaird7277]

No way the guy was going to repair this car looking at the damage and seeing how it had been serviced with second hand spares that aren't even fully compatible with the car, he will no doubt cheap it out to a back street garage who have zero clue, you might see it back again one day when the guy surrenders to the reality of the repair, another reason i never buy second hand exotica, few people are willing to hand over the money it takes to keeps these cars tip top, buying an Audi RS but spending on it like it is a VW Lupo.

[@igetsrealmad5716]

I love Audi so much but why is their always problems 😭 I thought german engineer was the best

[@VAGTechnic]

We are garage 🤷‍♂️ can’t film how shiny they are

[@boerieza]

Even the best cars won't survive bad owners.

[@lifeinpark2426]

​@@boeriezayes..agreed on that

[@paulthompson5416]

@@VAGTechnic😂😂😂😂😂 fantastic response 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aidencoder]

There are millions of these cars out there. Ones with issues end up on KZbin.

[@rnldmanuel88]

VAG vehicles requires a lot of prevention maintenance to survive.

[@mediocreman2]

Wait until you get a BMW. You have to not only do preventative maintenance, but you have to do preventative replacement of parts. "Oh that coolant overflow is 4 years old, might be time to replace it", "Oh that radiator neck looks brittle after only a few years, better replace the entire SULEV radiator at great expense just in case", "Oh that transfer case gear might wear out someday, better replace it and refill the fluid with special BMW fluid at $40 a liter." Like this but on and on.

[@rnldmanuel88]

@@mediocreman2 when I meant preventive maintenance i included that

[@roelp1126]

Audi RS3 and no money. That’s a disaster waiting to happen.. Worst case the owner has to pay off the car for the next 5 years or so..

[@jameslovescars]

Surely insurance should cover it?

[@peterphilipse8792]

Shit fuel bad map cracked the crown 💯

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

52k mikes and engine's dead already..... expensive mistake, just take it to the right shop, like Vag Technic

[@leetori1]

Send it out to the yard with the rest of the thinkers 😂

[@amoni1959]

Are Audis glass cannons?

[@einfelder8262]

No. Only the bad ones appear on these videos, like EVERY other car that shows up in similar videos. This engine was abused somehow, mismatched plugs, coils, and probably a really bad tune with a failed injector thrown in for good measure.

[@scitec717]

@@einfelder8262 agreed, from the 1st couple of minutes of watching you can tell the car has not been well looked after

[@J1385-x6w]

Here is an advice for all of you, after many years on using nearly europea cars only, i had and still have only big issues, although i'm crazy o taking care about my cars. The fact is, the most reliable cars are not the european ones but Toyota and Honda. You can ask the ADAC insurance the biggiest one in Europe about which are the most cars they have to pick up and the answer will be everytime : BMW, MERCEDES, Audi. That is why we an find so many Information on how to repair These cars by ourselves and that is why there are so many mechanics out there who make Videos about These cars. They decided to repair These cars because they have go bad fast and in so they have sutely everetime work,forever. DON'T BUY THOSE CARS!!! THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL TRASH!!

[@BrittiMakkara]

What could the owner get for this engine to offset the cost of a replacement?

[@abc-ni9uw]

£1

[@lewiscannon8213]

Turbo 400 Intake manifold 300 That's about it.

[@JrgsGrg]

When you live with a 300hp+ audi, you have to have always an extra 5k on your bank account for service costs. Edit: I still rely on my 2.0tfsi A6 4F, dont have 5k extra.

[@rizrz34]

How does that car have virtual cockpit if its PFL? weird

[@VAGTechnic]

Birmingham magic ? 🤷‍♂️

[@Grega94]

man.. I just boguht me a TT RS 8J a week ago and this is giving me a panic attack hah

[@VAGTechnic]

😀 one of

[@barelymadeit]

Im gonna take a wild guess and say this was tuned….

[@jackellis38]

I can't help but notice it looks like a FL car, with virtual cockpit and the FL front end.... but a PFL CZGB engine?? Very odd.

[@Mac_F87]

A more logical reason is it’s a PFL that’s had facelift bumper, headlights and virtual cockpit retrofitted. No doubt it’s crashed and repaired using FL parts.

[@ohZyki]

I also noticed this too. SO odd. Either it is a facelift rs3 and somehow had the engine replaced with the older CZGB engine but then the ecu wont work with it. So most likely it is a PFL rs3 with a facelift bumper conversion and retro fit virtual cockpit like mac said.

[@motojumble9385]

That sounds expensive ....

[@paulmichael3844]

I would stick with a rs3 8p

[@Mac_F87]

The most unreliable of the 4 generations? No thanks, been there done that and much prefer the PFL or FL.

[@jabberwockytdi8901]

Bottom line don't buy a car like this unless it's really really the car you want to have and aer prepared to have it ruin you!. Buy the best one you can not the cheapest unless you are prepared to pay the experts 6 figures to fix it or do engine work etc. yourself. I think YT videos like " I bought the cheapest "xyz" in the UK are often giving people a rose tinted idea of what's really involved in taking on a car like that.

[@VAGTechnic]

😀 glued cars … sort out necessary stuff and still not worth a penny

[@gingerdude94]

£50 is too cheap

[@philanim1583]

The car is going out to the rest of the thinkers

[@stevefairbanks835]

Too many home “mechanics “ and dodgy garages out there, you don’t cut corners or piss about with these cars

[@theinstallerguy786]

That’s what happens when you try and show off with a flashy car that you can’t afford to maintain properly!

[@fishbonegaming7007]

Dont buy it if you cant maintain it lol 😂

[@EastDallasKicks]

I’ll trade my 2.5 NA rabbit for it haha

[@DarylMT]

The comments about Audi reliability as a tad unfair. A lot of this issues you see on this channel are down to poor/cheap maintenance. Bought my RS3 from New in 2018. Has just under 70k miles on it and it's never missed a beat. Gets serviced at Audi every year. I do an in between oil change myself, and never scrimp on keeping it maintained. Always use super unleaded and a fuel system cleaner twice a year. Judging by the sound of the owner he's some cheapskate Asian kid who wanted the high performance motor but wanted to maintain it on the cheap. Also looks like it's been messed with in more ways than one! Look after these things and I'd say they generally will be very reliable